Re: Is gnome built on top of twm?

[Tony Baldwin <photodharma@gmail.com>]

Claudius Hubig wrote:
> Foss User <fossist@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Please see the following output I generated from Squeeze.
> >
> > $ aptitude why twm
> > i   gnome                     Depends  gnome-desktop-environment (= 1:2.24.3~2)
> > i A gnome-desktop-environment Depends  gdm (>= 2.20.9)
> > i A gdm                       Depends  gnome-session |
> > x-session-manager | x-window-manager | x-terminal-emulator
> > i   twm                       Provides x-window-manager
> >
> > 1. It shows that twm was installed because gdm needs a window manager
> > and twm is one such window manager. Does it mean that gnome is
> > dependent on twm?
> >
> > 2. Is it possible to run gnome with some other window manager?
> >
> > 3. I am unable to see any twm process in the ps listing. Why?
> >
> > 4. Can someone share the equivalent 'aptitude why' output from a
> > system running KDE?
>
> Judging from the output of my system, I think "aptitude why" merely
> prints out reason why a package *could* be installed. Check with
> "dpkg -l | grep twm" if twm actually is installed. The above works
> well also with metacity, sawfish or whatever else (see: aptitude show
> x-window-manager).
>
> This would also explain why you're not seeing any twm running -
> simply because it ain't installed :).
>
> Greetings,
>
> Claudius

A simple whereis twm shows that it IS installed on my system
/usr/bin/twm

/tony


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